Opportunity: Call for papers on violence prevention

South African Crime Quarterly is excited to announce its return to a quarterly publication model in 2025. We invite scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to submit papers for the violence prevention-focused edition for September 2025. SA Crime Quarterly publishes research articles, case notes on recent court judgements, interviews on topical issues in criminology and public policy, and book reviews.

This special edition is dedicated to theory, research, policy and practice related to the prevention of violence.

We welcome articles that:

• Present the findings from research on interventions, programmes and practices that reduce inter-personal violence
• Explore and critically engage with the theories, assumptions and frameworks applied in the field of violence prevention
• Evaluate or critically reflect on programming, practices and policies to address violence.

This edition locates itself within a growing body of intellectual and policy engagement with violence prevention in the global south. 

Submission deadline : 10 June 2025     

Resource: The State of South Africa’s Fathers 2024: Changing narratives of fatherhood: What does it mean to be a father in South Africa today?

The third State of South Africa’s Fathers (SOSAF) report confronts the evolving realities of fatherhood in a nation grappling with deep socioeconomic challenges. With fewer children living with their biological fathers than with other men, and caregiving dynamics being reshaped by shifting gender roles and ideas about masculinity, the report offers a data-driven exploration of the lives of South Africa’s fathers.

From exploring the financial and emotional support men provide to their children to examining policy reforms and caregiving trends, this report is a call to change how we think about fatherhood – not just as a role but as a transformative force for families, communities, and society.

Whether you are a policymaker, researcher, caregiver, or simply curious, this vital work challenges us all to reflect on what being a father and fatherhood can and should mean in South Africa today. 
     

Event: Second Annual Gender-Based Violence Symposium

The Faculty of Arts and Design at the Tshwane University of Technology, in collaboration with the South African Journal of Art History and the City of Tshwane (CoT), proudly announces the 2nd Annual Gender-Based Violence Symposium.

Held over two days and hosted by the Research Niche Area (Artivism as a tool to combat GBV) concentrates on multi-vocality, interdisciplinary and creative expressions in addressing GBV. Scholars, artivists,researchers and practitioners are invited to contribute to this symposium that explores arts-based approaches to artivism, healing and advocacy.

The objective of this symposium is to foreground the unique and important role that the creative arts such as fine arts, performance, music, literature, design and digital media can play in addressing GBV.

Closing dates for abstracts is 30 April 2025

Resource: Reimagining Apartheid Reparations

This new report by the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation revisits the complex debate on reparations in South Africa. The report presents data from the Reconciliation Barometer 2003 - 2023 that indicates most South Africans continue to agree on the historical injustices of apartheid. The report highlights on-going challenges to the reparation issue and what it would look like to envision a new path forward.